Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Investigating Soil Mineralogy: A Review by Qian Fang, Hanlie Hong, Lulu Zhao, Stephanie Kukolich, Ke Yin, Chaowen Wang

“…Clay minerals are the most reactive and important inorganic components in soils, but soil mineralogy classifies as a minor topic in soil sciences. …”
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A comparative study of convolutional neural networks and traditional feature extraction techniques for adulteration detection in ground beef by Leila Bahmani, Saied Minaei, Alireza Mahdavian, Ahmad Banakar, Mahmoud Soltani Firouz

“…In order to identify the most appropriate feature extraction algorithm and classify samples having various levels of adulteration, Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrixes (GLCM) and Gabor filter were compared. …”
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Stability and functionality of bovine lactoferrin powder after 9 years of storage by Yin Hu, Shubo Luo, Yuhong Jiang, Jie Lin, Baoguo Xu, Zhi-Hong Zhang, Benu Adhikari, Tiantian Xu, Bo Wang

“…Bovine lactoferrin (bLF) is a multifunctional protein widely used in food industries. Most bLF products are delivered in a powder form; however, their stability remains unclear. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of 90% Lactic Acid Peel Versus 40% Pyruvic Acid Peel in Epidermal Melasma by Sheenu Goyal, Balvinder K. Brar, Sumir Kumar, Amarbir Boparai, Sameer Hundal, Arnav Mehta

“…Results: The mean age of presentation in group A was 33.57 years, and that in group B was 33.36 years. The most common pattern noted was centrofacial in 56.7% of patients in group A and 63.33% patients in group B. …”
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Current Insight into Biological Markers of Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review by Jana Trebatická, Martin Vatrál, Barbora Katrenčíková, Jana Muchová, Zdeňka Ďuračková

“…Depressive disorder (DD) in children and adolescents is a growing public health concern with a complex and multifactorial etiology. While most biomarker research has focused on adults, increasing attention is being paid to age-specific molecular mechanisms. …”
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Quality of life, anxiety and depression among non-fatal road traffic accidents victims in South India by Palaniappan Marimuthu, Bontha V. Babu, Suchismita Mishra, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Priya Senthil Kumar, Kasi Sekar

“…The four domains of quality of life also significantly differ between these two groups. Anxiety is the most important variable which contributes almost in all the quantiles of depression followed by Psychological health, Social relationship, Environmental Health and Age of the RTA victims. …”
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Quantitative and Qualitative Symmetry Analysis of Open Reduction and Fixation of Zygomatic Complex Fractures by Frederic Van der Cruyssen, Mathilda Wylde, Anthony Campbell, Ali Reza Pourkarim, Zeeshan Ahmad, Nabeel Bhatti, Simon Holmes

“…Zygomatic complex (ZMC) fractures are among the most common craniofacial injuries, impacting both function and esthetics. …”
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Evaluation of alcohol-free mouthwash for studies of the oral microbiome. by Yukiko Yano, Emily Vogtmann, Alaina H Shreves, Stephanie J Weinstein, Amanda Black, Norma Diaz-Mayoral, Yunhu Wan, Weiyin Zhou, Xing Hua, Casey L Dagnall, Amy Hutchinson, Kristine Jones, Belynda D Hicks, Kathleen Wyatt, Michelle Brotzman, Nicole Gerlanc, Wen-Yi Huang, Paul S Albert, Nicolas Wentzensen, Christian C Abnet

“…Relative abundances of some taxa were significantly different, but ICCs of the top four most abundant phyla and genera were high (> 0.75) for the comparability of the mouthwashes. …”
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Antibacterial activity of camel milk and whey in combination with some antibiotics against vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Lubna Abdallah, Ikram Sawafta, Nenaro Zaid, Rahaf Dabe, Mervana Mohtaseb, Monya Tubelleh, Malak Khader

“…The interpretations of the activity of camel milk and whey combined with the five examined antibiotics produced remarkable synergistic activity in most combinations against both VRSA and S. aureus. …”
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Blood and tissue HIV-1 reservoirs display plasticity and lack of compartmentalization in virally suppressed people by Marion Pardons, Laurens Lambrechts, Ytse Noppe, Liesbet Termote, Sofie De Braekeleer, Jerel Vega, Ellen Van Gulck, Sarah Gerlo, Linos Vandekerckhove

“…Blood p24+ cells are found in both central/transitional (TCM/TTM) and effector memory subsets, mostly lack CXCR5 expression and are enriched in GZMA+ cells. …”
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Decoding pilocarpine biosynthesis and its roles in Pilocarpus microphyllus through a comparative transcriptomics approach by Mariane Brom Sobreiro, Giordano Bruno Soares-Souza, Leandro Magalhães, Débora de Morais Cordeiro, Michele Molina, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Yan Nunes Dias, Renato R. Moreira-Oliveira, Markus Gastauer, Silvio Ramos, Guilherme Oliveira, Cecílio Frois Caldeira, Amanda F. Vidal

“…We observed that the root exhibited the most diverse functional profile, including an abundance of TFs involved in alkaloid biosynthesis. …”
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EVOCA: Explainable Verification of Claims by Graph Alignment by Carmela De Felice, Carmelo Fabio Longo, Misael Mongiovì, Daniele Francesco Santamaria, Giusy Giulia Tuccari

“…The structured representation offered by the AMR graph not only aids in identifying the most relevant information but also improves the interpretability of the results. …”
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Using UV–Vis Titration to Elucidate Novel Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG)-Induced Binding of the c-MYC G-Quadruplex by Justin Tang

“…These reciprocal perturbations—absent in buffer-only controls—constitute definitive evidence of a specific EGCG•G4 complex most consistent with external π-stacking or groove engagement rather than intercalation. …”
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Specificity of recovery in acute motor axonal neuropathy with conduction blocks on the example of two clinical cases by D. A. Grishina, N. A. Suponeva

“…The heterogeneity of the forms and severity of Guillain-Barre syndrome explains the variability of recovery: from rapid and complete (in most cases) to slow with the development of persistent residual deficiency (rarely). …”
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Comparative characteristics of human thalamus parameters in the first period of mature age and in senile age in mesocephals by A. A. Balandin, L. M. Zheleznov, I. A. Balandina

“…Patients belonging to the senile age group have a number of reasons that reduce their quality of life, as well as reduce the effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation. The most important information node involved in providing functions such as an integrative role in cognition, starting from learning and memory and ending with flexible adaptation is the structure of the intermediate brain – the thalamus. …”
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New Strategies for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using Nanoenzymes: Frontline Advances in Anti-Infection, Immune Regulation, and Microenvironment Improvement by Jia S, Wu S, Yi M, Jiang Z, Cai X, Chen S, Li Y

“…Shuyu Jia,1– 3 Siyu Wu,4 Min Yi,1 Ziqi Jiang,1 Xinyu Cai,1 Shutong Chen,1 Yingzhi Li1– 3 1Orthopaedic Medical Center, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130041, People’s Republic of China; 2Joint International Research Laboratory of Ageing Active Strategy and Bionic Health in Northeast Asia of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130041, People’s Republic of China; 3Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopaedics, Changchun, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Hand Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130041, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yingzhi Li, Orthopaedic Medical Center, The Second Norman Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130041, People’s Republic of China, Email dlyz2005@jlu.edu.cnAbstract: Diabetic foot ulcers are one of the most serious consequences of diabetes, arising from vascular impairment of the skin and disturbances in the microenvironment. …”
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Impact of Lactic Acid Bacteria on Immunoreactivity of Oat Beers by Anna Diowksz, Paulina Pawłowska, Edyta Kordialik-Bogacka, Joanna Leszczyńska

“…The mashing process contributed most to the decrease in immunoreactivity, with the wort produced from oat sour malt having an immunoreactivity level of lower than 4%. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Thermal Treatment on Phenolic Compounds in Functional Flours Using Vis–NIR–SWIR Spectroscopy: A Machine Learning Approach by Achilleas Panagiotis Zalidis, Nikolaos Tsakiridis, George Zalidis, Ioannis Mourtzinos, Konstantinos Gkatzionis

“…The full spectral range yielded high classification accuracy (0.98, 0.98, and 0.99, respectively), and an explainability framework revealed the wavelengths most relevant for each class. To address concerns regarding color as a confounding factor, a targeted spectral refinement was implemented by sequentially excluding the visible region. …”
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Actionable Science for Small Island Communities: Wind Velocity and Sea‐Level Rise Enhance Tidal Flooding on Little Cumberland Island, Georgia by C. Bertram, C. A. Brown, E. Herrera, S. Lewis, R. L. McLachlan

“…Abstract Small island communities are among the first and hardest impacted by sea‐level rise, though climate initiatives often focus on more heavily populated and economically productive coastal cities. Furthermore, most climate‐impact studies focus on regional scales that may be less applicable to small islands with locally unique morphodynamics. …”
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Bilateral hippocampal infarction and amnesia: A case report by Kostić Smiljana, Pasovski Viktor, Krsmanović Željko, Bošković Željko, Kostić Dejan, Jovanovski Aleksandar, Jović-Stošić Jasmina

“…Although ischemic stroke is one of the most common neurological diseases, ischemic stroke of the hippocampus is rare, the isolated bilateral presentation with clinical signs of severe amnestic syndrome in particular. …”
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